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Page 46
... lady to all the sadness and danger of solitude . This , however , is a defect overbalanced by its convenience . What deserves more reprehension is , that the prologue spoken in the wild wood by the atten- dant Spirit is addressed to the ...
... lady to all the sadness and danger of solitude . This , however , is a defect overbalanced by its convenience . What deserves more reprehension is , that the prologue spoken in the wild wood by the atten- dant Spirit is addressed to the ...
Page 54
... lady's service , how long he continued in it , and why he left it , is , like the other incidents of his life , utterly unknown . The vicissitudes of his condition placed him afterwards in the family of Sir Samuel Luke , one of ...
... lady's service , how long he continued in it , and why he left it , is , like the other incidents of his life , utterly unknown . The vicissitudes of his condition placed him afterwards in the family of Sir Samuel Luke , one of ...
Page 55
... ladies , immediately quitted his engage- ment to follow another kind of business , at which he was more ready than in doing good offices to men of desert , though no one was bet- ter qualified than he , both in regard to his for - him ...
... ladies , immediately quitted his engage- ment to follow another kind of business , at which he was more ready than in doing good offices to men of desert , though no one was bet- ter qualified than he , both in regard to his for - him ...
Page 62
... Lady Frances , daughter to the Earl of Burlington , and widow of Colonel Courteney . * The present age is very ... Lady Frances Boyle , in April , 1662. By this lady he had no issue . He married se- condly , 10th Nov. 1674 , Isabella ...
... Lady Frances , daughter to the Earl of Burlington , and widow of Colonel Courteney . * The present age is very ... Lady Frances Boyle , in April , 1662. By this lady he had no issue . He married se- condly , 10th Nov. 1674 , Isabella ...
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... lady . ' No , Sir , ' says his Lordship in confusion ; but I like her company , because she has so much wit . ' ' Why then , ' says the King , do you not lig with my Lord of Winchester there ? ' · " • " " " 6 Waller's political and ...
... lady . ' No , Sir , ' says his Lordship in confusion ; but I like her company , because she has so much wit . ' ' Why then , ' says the King , do you not lig with my Lord of Winchester there ? ' · " • " " " 6 Waller's political and ...
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